God does not make promises and then change His mind.
Every promise of God in the Bible that fits my situation and fills my need is for me NOW-and there are over eight thousand of them! But many of these promises are conditional-we have no right to the promise until we meet God's conditions.
Claiming Our Inheritance (9)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Everything that belongs to Jesus Christ belongs to us, "if"...
Today, Derek explains actual steps we must take to obtain the inheritance that belongs to us in Christ Jesus. Listen and be encouraged to hear that ALL God's promises are available to you!
Claiming Our Inheritance (8)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
God's divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness.
Our God is not stingy. He is not in spiritual or financial need. He is the author and source of everything and He provides for His people in abundance. So how do we become recipients of all that? Through His very great and precious promises in the Bible.
Claiming Our Inheritance (7)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Did you know the Holy Spirit confronts you with a choice that determines your destiny?
Today, Derek explains how we depend on the Holy Spirit in every way. Among other things, He is our Servant-Guide. Confronting us with a choice that determines our destiny is part of His function. He reveals the Father and the Son to us, equips us with His gifts, and guides us to our meeting with our heavenly Bridegroom.
Claiming Our Inheritance (6)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
What, exactly, is "the promise of the Spirit"? And how can we receive it in faith?
Scripture tells us that Abraham was blessed "in every way," and that we Christians might come into that blessing. The Holy Spirit is called to help us understand and receive our inheritance. Today Derek explains there are five specific ways in which the Holy Spirit helps us.
Claiming Our Inheritance (5)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
The will of God for us is abundance--that we may serve Him with joy and gladness of heart.
Today, Derek brings out the material blessings that are contained in Deuteronomy 28. If we listen to the voice of the Lord, we will be blessed in the city and in the http://country...and all that we put our hand to do.
Claiming Our Inheritance (4)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
On the cross, Jesus became our substitute, bearing our wounds.
Deuteronomy 28 contains the definitive list of blessings and curses-both of which come upon us and overtake us based on one principle: If we listen to and obey the voice of God. Many physical benefits are included.
Claiming Our Inheritance (3)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
On the cross, Jesus bore the curse that we might walk in the blessings of God.
The requirement to Israel in the Old Testament was to listen to the voice of God. In the New Testament, too, Jesus repeats this command when He says, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me."
Claiming Our Inheritance (2)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Blessings will track you down when you obey the voice of the Lord...
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. When we walk in obedience to God, we don't have to pursue blessings, they overtake us. Blessing naturally results from obedience to God.
Claiming Our Inheritance (1)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
The meaning of New Testament is the same as in "last will and testament."
We are heirs of a kingdom, but many Christians do not realize that fact, nor do we walk in our inheritance. But first, we must be delivered from the domain of darkness. Satan has no more legal claim against us.
A New Beginning (1)
In this three week series Derek looks at God’s creation: the new man created in Christ Jesus. God offers every man a new beginning in life, but it is up to each individual to accept it. God is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. What He starts in us He is perfectly capable and willing to complete.
A New Beginning (2)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Today Derek begins a study of what happens when a person encounters Christ and becomes a new creation. There is a line of separation between the world of the senses and the world of the Spirit that is the death and resurrection of Christ. This is the world we enter through the work of the Holy Spirit.
A New Beginning (3)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Derek looks into the life of David, from Psalm 51, to show us that even godly men such as he were capable of falling into sin. When confronted with sin, David saw his miserable state and his need for salvation and cleansing. He knew his only help was in God, and he was wise enough to humble himself and seek God for it.
A New Beginning (4)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
Today we look the process of being cleansed and acquitted. In the Old Testament this was a temporary solution, but in the New Testament became permanent through the blood of Jesus. The sacrifices and sprinkling of blood in the Old Testament that covered sins had to be repeated, but the blood of Jesus once and for all cleanses us—blots out sins as we confess them, and causes us to remain in the light.
A New Beginning (5)
Host, Stephen Mansfield
In today’s study we look at God’s provision for re-creation, our identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ; and His provision for our reconciliation with Himself in the death of Christ. These benefits are a mystery to the natural man, but as we enter in to this new life we see the reality of it all in our lives, and the need for others to receive this reconciliation as well.
